On 16/11/2010 kieranl wrote:>If I step out of a gear shop in Little Bourke Street into the roadway,>checking for traffic on the one way street and almost get run down by a>cyclist going flat-chat down the hill in the wrong direction do I :>>A: Say "By jove, there's an enlightened individual exercising their personal>freedom"?>B: Abuse them loudly for almost killing me?>C: Abuse them loudly for not wearing a helmet?>D: Quickly jam my umbrella in their spokes?

E: Pull out the trusty gat, hold it sideways (gangsta killshot style) and cut loose. There's not a cyclist alive that can outrun a .45 caliber JHP!

On 16/11/2010 kieranl wrote:>If I step out of a gear shop in Little Bourke Street into the roadway,>checking for traffic on the one way street and almost get run down by a>cyclist going flat-chat down the hill in the wrong direction do I :>>A: Say "By jove, there's an enlightened individual exercising their personal freedom"?>B: Abuse them loudly for almost killing me?>C: Abuse them loudly for not wearing a helmet?>D: Quickly jam my umbrella in their spokes?>

On 16/11/2010 Miguel75 wrote:>>E: Pull out the trusty gat, hold it sideways (gangsta killshot style)>and cut loose. There's not a cyclist alive that can outrun a .45 caliber>JHP!
I think we must move in vastly different circles

On 16/11/2010 ajfclark wrote:>Someone one told me "Knowledge is knowing a street is one way. Wisdom>is looking both anyway".
Wisdom is also not making unwarranted assumptions :
"... checking for traffic on the one way street " is not saying that I only checked in one direction.

We do live in a topsy turvy world.... I was thinking of starting my own militia/book/rock fishing club if anyone's interested. We could all get matching helmets, or letterman jackets, and have lots of fun fishing, reading and malitiaising.

Since all these questions are unable to be answered (unless you work in the insurance industry) this figure doesnt really mean anything. We all know rock climbing is more dangerous than say a walk in the park.

Also your argument seems to be that rock climbing is as dangerous as two sports where wearing a helmet is not the norm but head injury is a major cause of death.

>Since all these questions are unable to be answered (unless you work in>the insurance industry) this figure doesnt really mean anything. We all>know rock climbing is more dangerous than say a walk in the park.>

Which park? At night? Day? Would you appear vulnerable to a mugger/rapist? Your comparison is invalid without answers to these (&many more) questions?! ;)

MELBOURNE, Nov 16 AAP - Anyone who lives in Melbourne knows thatthe sport of cycling is booming, but it can be dangerous and policewill target cyclists in black spot areas from Tuesday.It has been a bad year on Victoria's roads and so far this yearseven cyclists have been killed, three more than this time lastyear.Acting Senior Sergeant Robert Zussa said the three-day OperationNora would aim to ensure cyclists and drivers were riding anddriving safely around Melbourne's CBD."Police will not only target offences committed by cyclists butalso crack down on drivers compromising their safety," he said.Police may fine drivers and cyclists disobeying traffic signsand lights, failing to wear helmets, motorcyclists using bicyclelanes and vehicles stopping or parking illegally